HumaneVMA Student Representatives

A student representative of the Humane Veterinary Medical Alliance (HumaneVMA) is a veterinary student who partners with the HumaneVMA to build awareness about animal welfare issues on campus. This position is only available on campuses that do not already have an HumaneVMA Student Chapter.

To Become a Student Representative:

1 - Familiarize yourself with benefits offered to HumaneVMA Student Representatives:

  • Up to $250 in annual grant money for HumaneVMA Student Representative activities
  • Priority scheduling for HumaneVMA Speakers Bureau presentations (depends on availability). Student representatives can also host an HumaneVMA-sponsored webinar viewing of one of the more than two dozen archived HumaneVMA webinars on animal welfare topics
  • Advice and assistance to student representatives seeking alternatives or changes to a more humane veterinary curriculum
  • Access to RAVS informational talks

2 - Familiarize yourself with the programs and focus areas of HumaneVMA

Student Representative Requirements

Terms and Conditions

The HumaneVMA Student Representative must agree to the terms and conditions for student representatives authorized by HumaneVMA.

Membership

The HumaneVMA Student Representative will become a member of HumaneVMA. Student membership in HumaneVMA is free and automatically upgrades to free Professional membership through the first year after graduation. For more information, visit humanevma.org/benefits.

Speakers Bureau

HumaneVMA Student Representatives can request to host one HumaneVMA Speakers Bureau presentation each academic year (booking will depend on speaker and travel funding availability). If confirmed with HumaneVMA, the Student Representative must identify a lecture hall or other location for the presentation, and HumaneVMA will pay for the speaker’s travel and a vegetarian lunch. Student Representatives also have the option of hosting a webinar viewing with one of the more than two dozen archived HumaneVMA webinars. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Representing HumaneVMA on Campus

HumaneVMA Student Representatives are encouraged to hold at least one HumaneVMA orientation meeting, represent HumaneVMA at a campus event (e.g. freshman orientation, student activities fair), or sponsor another activity each academic year to reach out to other veterinary students who are not HumaneVMA Student Members. See our list of suggested student chapter activities»

Limitations

  • HumaneVMA Student Representative positions are only available at veterinary schools that do not already have an HuamaneVMA Student Chapter.
  • There can be up to two Student Representatives on each campus.

List of Current HumaneVMA Student Representatives:

  • University of California - Davis
  • Colorado State University
  • Cornell University
  • Iowa State University
  • Lincoln Memorial University
  • Long Island University
  • Midwestern University
  • University of Minnesota
  • North Carolina State University
  • Ohio State University
  • Oregon State University
  • Purdue University
  • St. George's University
  • University of Tennessee - Knoxville
  • Texas A&M University
  • Tufts University 
  • Tuskegee University
  • Virginia-Maryland University
  • University of Prince Edward Island
  • University of Calgary
  • University of Saskatchewan

Contact [email protected] with any questions or to express interest in becoming an HumaneVMA Student Representative»